Registration for 2012 is available.
Finally, a marathon, half marathon, and 50km created just for walkers by walkers.
We Walk! and we are proud of it.
We welcome all walkers, including, but not limited to, fitness walkers, power walkers, nordic walkers, race walkers, hikers, walk/runners and even, gasp, even ordinary walkers.
The course is was selected by walkers to be walker-friendly.
The course follows an old railroad bed, covering a small part of the Fargo to St. Paul run. Most of the course is through rural Minnesota, with excellent views of farms, woods, marshes and, of course, a few of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes.
Every 6 miles or so, the course emerges from rural Minnesota into small-town Minnesota. You'll walk right alongside main street, providing easy access to the restaurants, quick-stop shopping, real bathrooms at the trail head, and even bars.
The marathon and 50 km starts at 7am and the half marathon starts at 8:30am. The course stays open until 4pm. This gives you 9 hours to complete the marathon or 50 km (20 min/mile pace for the marathon and 17 min/mile pace for 50km)) or 7 1/2 hours to complete the half marathon (34 min/mile pace).
With an event on the Lake Wobegon Regional Trail, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to have a Lake Wobegon costume contest as part of the Friday evening pre-race dinner. You don't have to dress up to attend the dinner, or to walk the marathon, but why not have a little extra fun?
Help us out by distributing our flyer. This pdf file is designed to be printed full duplex (both sides of 1 sheet of paper), then folded to make the traditional tri-fold for a running/walking event. Take a few to a walking/running shoe store near you.
15 Reasons to Enter
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Inexpensive housing at the event hotel |
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Top-3 age group awards in each walking style |
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Pasta dinner the night before |
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Finisher medal and certificate to all finishers |
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Shower after the event if you stay at the event hotel |
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Course is open for 9 hours (marathon and 50km) and 7½ hours (half marathon) |
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Water stops and Aid Stations are fully stocked & fully staffed for everyone |
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Course has no hills, no corners, flat, smooth, no camber. USATF certified for accurate distance |
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Shelter & Aid Station at the start and finish |
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Excess clothing pickup at the start and at the Aid Station 5 miles from the start. You bag your clothes and we bring them to the finish. |
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Finish Line Pictures |
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Women’s cut or Men’s cut wicking t-shirt lets you chose a shirt that fits |
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The only competitive, walkers-only marathon in the USA |
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Minnesota friendly people |
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A goal event will help you keep walking! |
Come walk with us!
Can't make it this year?
Put the 3rd Saturday in May on your calendar. The 2013 edition of the We Walk! Marathon, Half Marathon and 50km will be held on May 18, 2013.